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Archival as AuthorArchival as SubjectPublished as AuthorJerome I. Friedman
Dates
March 28, 1930 – present
Authorized Form of Name
Friedman, Jerome I. (Jerome Isaac), 1930-
Additional Forms of Names
Friedman, Jerome Isaac, 1930-
Biography
Abstract
Jerome I. Friedman is Emeritus Professor of Physics at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1960-present). Other institutional affiliations include Stanford University and University of Chicago. His research interests include quarks and electrons scattering.
Important Dates
March 28, 1930Birth, Chicago (Ill.).
1950Obtained BA, University of Chicago, Chicago (Ill.).
1956Obtained PhD in Physics, University of Chicago, Chicago (Ill.).
1956 – 1957Research Associate in Physics, University of Chicago.
1957 – 1960Research Associate, High Energy Physics Laboratory, Stanford University.
1960 – presentAssistant Professor to Associate Professor of Physics (1960-1967); Professor of Physics (1967-1988); Director, Nuclear Science Laboratory (1980-1983); William A. Coolidge Professor (1988-1990); Institute Professor (1990-present); Head, Department of Physics (1983-1988); and Emeritus Professor of Physics (2005–present), Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge (Mass.).
1977 – 1983Vice President and Member, Board of Trustees, Universities Research Association, Inc.
1988 – 1992Member, High Energy Physics Advisory Panel, United States Department of Energy.
1989Awarded W. K. H. Panofsky Prize in Experimental Particle Physics, American Physical Society.
1989 – 1993Chair, Science Policy Committee, Superconducting Super Collider.
1990Awarded Nobel Prize in Physics with Henry W. Kendall and Richard E. Taylor "for their pioneering investigations concerning deep inelastic scattering of electrons on protons and bound neutrons, which have been of essential importance for the development of the quark model in particle physics".
1992Member, National Academy of Sciences.
1999President, American Physical Society.
Occupation
High energy physicist.
Places
Birth
Undergraduate Education
Graduate Education
Employment
Subjects
Relationships
People
Family
Friedman, Ellena
Daughter.
Friedman, Joel
Son.
Friedman, Martin
Son.
Friedman, Sandra
Daughter.
Friedman, Tania Letetsky-Baranovsky
Wife. Married 1956.
Advisors & Collaborators
Kendall, Henry W. (Henry Way), 1926-1999
Shared the 1990 Nobel Prize in Physics with Richard Taylor "for their pioneering investigations concerning deep inelastic scattering of electrons on protons and bound neutrons, which have been of essential importance for the development of the quark model in particle physics." Both employed at Stanford University and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
Taylor, Richard Edward, 1929-2018
Shared the 1990 Nobel Prize in Physics with Henry W. Kendall "for their pioneering investigations concerning deep inelastic scattering of electrons on protons and bound neutrons, which have been of essential importance for the development of the quark model in particle physics".
Colleagues
Allison, Samuel King, 1900-1965
Both employed at University of Chicago.
Both employed at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
Both employed at University of Chicago.
Benedek, George Bernard, 1928-
Both employed at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
Both employed at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
Birgeneau, Robert J. (Robert Joseph), 1942-
Both employed at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
Both employed at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
Both employed at Stanford University.
Both employed at Stanford University.
Buechner, William W. (William Weber), 1914-1985
Both employed at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
Both employed at Stanford University.
Both employed at University of Chicago.
Both employed at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
Both employed at University of Chicago.
Both employed at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
Both employed at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
Drell, Sidney D. (Sidney David), 1926-
Both employed at Stanford University.
Both employed at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
Both employed at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
Fairbank, William Martin, 1917-1989
Both employed at Stanford University.
Both employed at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
Both employed at University of Chicago.
Frank, Nathaniel H. (Nathaniel Herman), 1903-1984
Both employed at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
Both employed at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
Both employed at University of Chicago.
Both employed at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
Both employed at University of Chicago.
Both employed at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
Both employed at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
Both employed at Stanford University.
Both employed at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
Both employed at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
Joannopoulos, J. D. (John D.), 1947-
Both employed at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
Kaspi, Victoria Michelle, 1967-
Both employed at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
Both employed at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
Both employed at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
Keyes, Frederick G. (Frederick George), 1885-1976
Both employed at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
Both employed at Stanford University.
Both employed at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
Both employed at University of Chicago.
Both employed at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
Both employed at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
Lee, P. A. (Patrick A.), 1946-
Both employed at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
Both employed at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
Livingston, M. Stanley (Milton Stanley)
Both employed at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
Low, Francis E. (Francis Eugene), 1921-2007
Both employed at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
Mayer, Maria Goeppert, 1906-1972
Both employed at University of Chicago.
Moniz, E.
Both employed at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
Both employed at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
Morse, Philip M. (Philip McCord), 1903-1985
Both employed at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
Both employed at University of Chicago.
Both employed at University of Chicago.
Both employed at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
Both employed at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
Panofsky, Wolfgang K. H. (Wolfgang Kurt Hermann), 1919-2007
Both employed at Stanford University.
Parker, E. N. (Eugene Newman), 1927-
Both employed at University of Chicago.
Phillips, William D. (William Daniel), 1948-
Both employed at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
Both employed at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
Both employed at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
Both employed at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
Both employed at Stanford University.
Both employed at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
Schiff, Leonard I. (Leonard Isaac), 1915-1971
Both employed at Stanford University.
Schrieffer, J. R. (John Robert), 1931-
Both employed at University of Chicago.
Both employed at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
Simpson, John A. (John Alexander), 1916-2000
Both employed at University of Chicago.
Slater, John C. (John Clarke), 1900-1976
Both employed at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
Stanley, H. Eugene (Harry Eugene), 1941-
Both employed at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
Stratton, Julius Adams, 1901-1994
Both employed at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
Both employed at University of Chicago.
Both employed at University of Chicago.
Ting, S. C. C. (Samuel Chao-chung), 1936-
Both employed at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
Both employed at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
Van de Graaf, Robert Jemison, 1901-1967
Both employed at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
Both employed at Stanford University.
Webster, David Locke, 1888-1976
Both employed at Stanford University.
Both employed at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
Both employed at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
Weisskopf, Victor Frederick, 1908-2002
Both employed at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
Both employed at University of Chicago.
Wiesner, Jerome B. (Jerome Bert), 1915-1994
Both employed at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
Both employed at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
Zacharias, Jerrold Reinach, 1905-1986
Both employed at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
Additional
Barish, B. C. (Barry Clark), 1936-
Institutions
Major Positions
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Physics
Assistant Professor to Associate Professor of Physics; Professor of Physics; Director, Nuclear Science Laboratory; William A. Coolidge Professor; Institute Professor; Head, Department of Physics; and Emeritus Professor of Physics.
Stanford University. Department of Physics
Research Associate, High Energy Physics Laboratory.
University of Chicago. Department of Physics
Obtained BA (1950) PhD in Physics (1956). Research Assistant in Physics.
Professional Activities & Affiliations
President and received 1989 W. K. H. Panofsky Prize in Experimental Particle Physics.
National Academy of Sciences (U.S.)
Member.
Superconducting Super Collider Laboratory
Chair, Science Policy Committee.
United States. Department of Energy
Member, High Energy Physics Advisory Panel.
Universities Research Association (U.S.)
Vice President and Member, Board of Trustees.
Resources
Archival Resources
Author
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Remembering Enrico Fermi [sound recording], 2010 February 14.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Selected talks from the International Conference on the History of Original Ideas and Basic Discoveries in Particle Physics [sound recording] / 1994.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
The Copenhagen interpretation [videorecording] : science and history on stage / 2002, March 2.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Subject
Oral history interview with Barry C. Barish, 1998 May-June.
Institute Archives
California Institute of Technology
1201 East California Blvd. (Mail Code 015A-74), Pasadena, CA 91125, USA
Oral history interview with Valentine L. Telegdi, 2008 March 4 and 9.
Institute Archives
California Institute of Technology
1201 East California Blvd. (Mail Code 015A-74), Pasadena, CA 91125, USA